Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-13


! Emmat A. Aicardi, the Rev. f. A.
Brach, OF Dawson, officiating, at the
residence OF the BRIDES father, DR.. Bun
Lunday, at Chlckasaw hatcnle, Terrell
county, at 8 &C ock on Wednesday even
ing. This announcement tells the result
Of race for bride which was mentioned
in the Georgia column OF the NEWS day
or two ago.
During the month of January Just
passed 81, Ill 26 was received at the Perry
post Office for MONEY orders and postal
notes that were sent OFF. OF this amount
S3l226 was paid out on money orders
and postal notes presented by citizens OF
Perry and Houston county. or the full
amount 81 $50 was forwarded to the At
lanta post office and money order deposit
tory for the state of Georgia.
Ty-Tv reports that forest fires are rag
ing all through the pineY woods OF that
section OF Georgia, burning down great
deal of timber and some fencing. j. s.
Groves had the misfortune 10 get long
string of fence burned Thursday. Some
person or persons put fire into his woods
pasture without his knowledge or con-
| SENT and burned out his fence both around
! his pasture and the lands he cultivates.
| William Warren says that a great many
OF his cattle are dying on the range for
the lack of pasturage TO Craze upon.
Jackson county has given to the world
one Of the most remarkable suits in the
annals of lilaation. 1t was filed by ID. j.
Anglin VS.. John Osment, and was for the
| recovery of two acres OF land, valued at
&c. and lying in ClarkesborO district. The
best legal talent was employed on both
sides, and the case tried five times at an
| enormous expense to the county. The
court costs alone footed up over $500; that
was but mite compared to the other eX-
penses incurred. The death of the de-
PENDANT at last put an end to the case.
Norman E. Mitchell, the Sheriff of
Wilcox county. brought to Hawkinsville
on Tuesday evening last young colored
man by the name OF George Gray, who is
charged with the murder of his step
father, Brink Statham, near Abbeville,On
Jan. 26. After shooting and killing his
stepIather, Gray handled his pistol so
| carelessly that it was accidentally dis
charged, wOundlng HIM so severely that
he was not taken to Jail but kept under
guard until his wound healed sufficiently
to allow him to be brought to Hawkins
vile.
Bette Smith, negro girl living a few
miles from Hogansville, gave birth to a
| child last w Wednesday, Fen. 2 some time
in the afternoon, and hid it by an old log
the same evening with only piece of
quilt around it. Friday afternoon some
one hearing its cries found 1t. Though 1t
was in a bad condition, being lett out in
the woods two days aud nights, it was
alive. 1t was taken by a negro and car
red home, but it is doubtful about its
| living. The inhuman mother was taken
before Justice Moreland Saturday, where
she had a commitment trial and was
bound over to await the Superior Court.
Near Milledgeyille Friday while Solo
man Lawshe. negro, was fishing in
| Ocenee river, he noticed corn sack float
| ing around in the river. Through curl
osty he rowed his boat toward tina sack.
He noticed that the mouth of the sack
was entirely sewed up. On opening it he
| beheld the body of an infant Awe
stricken by the CHASTITY scene, he broke
| for town at once, and reported his discov-
cry to the Coroner. The child has been
taken to the city and full investiga-
| ton VIII be made The doctors say the
| child was thrown into the river alive. The
child is very light. Coroner Scott is con-
| fdent he knows the murderer.
j. d. Dodd sued the Central railroad at
Atlanta for $4,000. The declaration re-
cites that Mr.. Dodd took carload OF
watermelons over the Central road to
Atlanta last July, and that while en-
gagged in selling them in the car on a side
| track an engine was attached to the car
and pushed 1t with great violence against
another car, throwing Mr.. DOdd to the
| floor. His right arm was broken and his
! body bruised. He was laid up three
/ months, and his DOCTORS bill looted up
! 500. AT the time of the sale he was
earning from $l2 10 SIS a day, and there
was a good prospect of his doing so for
one month to come He had signed
at $40 month, to begin the
following September, but was COM
PEELED, because of his injuries, to re-
linquish it. Since getting out he has
been able to earn only $50 a month.
Excelsior Pioneer Eagle: ReidsvilIe.
Tatnall county, has genuine sensation.
Sometime ago it leaked out that Col.
isaih Beasley, prominent lawyer of
Reidsville, had been living criminally
with Mrs j. Fl. Padgett for some years
past. Mrs. Padgett ACKNOWLEDGED her
guilt to her husband, and he torgave her.
He then made preparations to leave
Reidsville, Offering his interest in the
Enterprise aud his tools tor sale, but
while he was making preparations to go,
Col Beasley and Mrs. Padgett were also
making preparations to go away, and ar
ranged an elopement for Friday night
last. MIR. Padgett, however. heard about
the scheme, and arranged a counter
! "elopement" for Thursday night, at which
timC NC iCib lNCiuoNllC WIN MS wife anu
three of his children, leaving three more
at home. He took the youngest children
| with him. 1t is said he went to Carriers
vile, in this State.
Frank Coney and Terry Adams have
been clearing out the rats about their
store at Hawkinsville for several days,
and their efforts have met with great sue
cess. Their building is OF brick, and the
rats had gnawed hole through the floor
and entered through that. Their destruc-
ton of meat and corn was alarming. At
last it was decided that if large wire
trap were put Immediately over the hole
that the rats would pass through the
hole into the trap. This plan was
tried, and on Saturday morning last the
large round trap was filed with rats OF
the largest species. They were so densely
packed that some were dead at the bot
tom. The trap contained twenty -four
alive and dead. The trap was placed in
large tub of water and forced to the
bottom. and the rats were thus drowned.
The trap was replaced over the hole, and
on Sunday morning it contained eight,
on Monday morning nine, on Tuesday
morning one, on Wednesday morning
three.
. Every now and then j. NJ. w. Chris
W an, OF Macon, goes down to Reld's sta
|&ion TO spend a day with his brother-in-
law, DR.. Bond. With a great love for